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Latest News in Telecommunications

  • August 07, 2026

    Cable Techs Must Arbitrate Comcast Misclassification Suit

    Cable technicians who say that Comcast and several other companies have been misclassifying them as independent contractors to deny them job protections will have to arbitrate their claims, a Virginia federal court has ruled.

  • August 07, 2026

    Apple Must Face Patent Claims Over Hide My Email Feature

    Apple has lost its bid to escape a patent infringement lawsuit over the iPhone's Hide My Email feature after a Delaware federal court on Friday found that a jury needs to answer the questions of the case.

  • August 07, 2026

    FCC Demanded Fine In Misleading Way, AT&T Tells 5th Circ.

    AT&T is hoping to convince the Fifth Circuit to help it get back the $57 million it paid the Federal Communications Commission for selling off people's location data, despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the agency had the right to issue the fine, by arguing it was tricked into paying.

  • August 07, 2026

    Samsung, Maxell Square Off On Import Ban In ITC Patent Case

    Samsung has urged the U.S. International Trade Commission not to ban imports of its smartphones and tablets that a judge found to infringe a Maxell patent, saying a ban would only benefit a "foreign serial litigant," while Maxell said such an order would safeguard U.S. industry.

  • August 07, 2026

    Comcast Escapes Gay Worker's Harassment Suit, For Now

    Comcast has defeated, for now, a lawsuit from a gay former senior manager who alleged his boss belittled him and made disparaging remarks because of his sexual orientation, with a Pennsylvania federal judge concluding his presuit discrimination charges with federal and state civil rights agencies were filed too late.

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